Jenna accidentally steps on a pin. The stimulation of her skin and transmission of the information regarding this touch to the central nervous system is the process of

Jenna accidentally steps on a pin. The stimulation of her skin and transmission of the information regarding this touch to the central nervous system is the process of

sensation

To sense a change in weights being carried, the additional weight added must be 2% higher than what you carried before. This difference threshold is calculated using:

Weber’s law

The process of converting sensory information into neural impulses is called

Transduction

Jake and Abby walked into their local Starbucks to get coffee. Jake immediately noticed the smell of coffee beans. Abby couldn’t smell them until she walked closer to the counter. Jake and Abby likely have different:

absolute thresholds

The outer part of of the eye that serves to protect the eye, and on which you would place your contact lenses is called the

cornea

The ______ is the structure responsible for transduction for vision.

optic nerve

Which theory best explains visual phenomena such as afterimages?

opponent-process theory

The loudness of a sound corresponds to which physical characteristic of a sound wave?

aimplitude

Which of the following best describes where transduction for hearing takes place?

hair cells in the cochlea

Which theory of hearing best explains how sensory receptions in our ear encode sound wave frequency over 1,000 Hz?

neither frequency theory nor place theory

Glenda purchases some new perfume to attract her boyfriends attention. The perfume is meant to stimulate which sensory system?

olfactory

Linda’s friends all drink coffee, but Linda finds the taste of coffee very bitter, more so than do her friends. Which is one explanation for Linda’s dislike of coffee?

she is a “supertaster”

Monique experiences a leg cramp in her calf. She massages the muscle while gritting her teeth and finds she feels less pain. Which theory explains this decrease in pain?

closure

A toddler plays with blocks by sorting them into piles by color, so that the red blocks make up one pile, the blue blocks make up a second pile, and the green blocks make up a third pile. He is using which Gestalt principle of perceptual organization?

similarity

Gary sees a friend standing near a fence. The fence partially blocks his view of his friend, so Gary realizes the fence is closer to him than is his friend. Which monocular depth cue is Gary using?

interposition

The “old woman/young woman” image is an example of

an ambiguous figure

Which of the following involves an illusion using two equal lines with diagonals extending outward from one line, making it appear longer than the line with diagonals extending inward?

Muller-Lyer illusion

Brandi is learning to read by sounding out a word one letter at a time. Which type of processing is she using?

Gestalt principle of closure

Leroy is studying and trying to ignore his roommate’s phone conversation in the other room. When he hears his name mentioned, he suddenly becomes aware of what his roommate is saying on the phone. Which perceptual concept does this example demonstrate?

cocktail party phenomenon

Which type of extrasensory perception ritual might be claimed by individuals who try to predict the outcome of a football game?

precognition

The lens in the eye is a muscle that dilates or constricts depending on the amount of light in the environment.

False

A blind spot exists in our vision due to an area on the retina the lacks rods and cones.

True

Someone with color blindness cannot perceives any colors at all

False

The same note played on different musical instruments sounds different because of a change in the timbre

True

Receptors in our muscles, joints, and ligaments allow us to obtain information as to where our body is in space.

False

The sensory receptors for the olfactory system are located in the olfactory bulbs

False

Specific areas if the tongue specialize in processing different taste sensations.

True

The body has the ability to produce natural painkillers called endorphins in times of need.

True

Illusions fool our perceptual system only when our attention decreases.

False

Subliminal perception can influence behavior to some degree

False.